Monday, September 26, 2011

Almost Caught Up...

So, I won't bore you about all my laundry, I know we all have plenty of it!  Look how big these two are getting.  We took them to Kennywood last month and they rode everything they were tall enough to get on!  They loved it so much!


Here's some projects I did recently. Another nursing cover with the sweet momma and baby birdies. I hand embroidered the birdies on the pocket part of the cover.
 



This is a little Harry Potter softie for my HP junkie...
I made this on my embroidery machine.


Another project was this curio cabinet.  I bought it on Craigslist for $60.  It was in decent shape, but not really looking to add one more wood tone to my house, so I painted it.  We also replaced the mirrored back with some left over bead board.  I am going to replace the knobs as soon as I can make my way over to Anthropologie!  Hopefully by tonight it will be finished.   


As you can see, in this display cabinet we have TONS of dairy bottles.  My husbands family owned the J.E.Harshbarger Dairy and we have acuired lots of things.  This is where we are going to put everything.  I think that I might get this sign printed out to put over the cabinet.  It was the lid to a little ice cream container and I edited it in Photoshop.


Also, finally finished up the pillow from last year...


Lastly, we are starting to decorate for Halloween!  I have some fun Halloween things I am working out, so check back soon!!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

All My Dirty Laundry...

OR

9 Reasons Why I Am Not Blogging Today...


Cause I have a bit of laundry to do...

On a side note, here's a little sneak peek of a  project I recently finished. 
Cute little momma and baby birdies...


Stay tuned, I promise I'll get caught up on laundry soon!

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Harry Potter Birthday Party

The Harry Potter birthday party was a big success!  We started out with the boys running through Platform 9 3/4.  The Sorcerors Stone was playing inside until everyone got there.


After everyone arrived, they sat in a circle and each picked a cape out of a bag to determine which house they were going to be in.  We decided on only 2 houses, Gryffindor and Slytherin so that when we played Quidditch, those would be the teams.


Then we went outside to make magic wands.  They each got a wand to decorate and an Ollivander's box to keep it in.



We had a little potions class, that quite honestly didn't go THAT great...


Everyone enjoyed some pizza, chocolate cake, Butterbeer cupcakes, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate frogs, Bertie Bott's jelly beans, popping balloons and turning each other into lizards with their magic wands!







At the end of our party was the big Quidditch match.  We had hoops set up in the front and Uncle Kevin hid the Golden Snitch really well.  Each of the boys got a Nimbus 2000 to 'fly' on for the match.  I think they all enjoyed themselves, they looked like they were having a great time!




After about 20 minutes of playing, Jake was the one that found the Golden Snitch.  Gryffindor wins!


Thank you to everyone {Mom, Brianna, Renee, Kevin, Reena, Ann, DaniJo & Scott} who helped me make such a fun party for Jake.  He loved every minute of it and we couldn't have pulled it off without you! 


Click HERE for a link to see all of the pictures from the party!!
Happy 6th Birthday, Jake!